Skirt-gage.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- FREDERlCK`,F. FULTON. OF, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNR OF ONE- HALF TO CLALRE W. FULTON. OF CHICAGO, IL'LINOIS.

` SKlRT-GAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK F. FULTON," a citizen of the United States, residing at St.` Louis, State of Misso'uri, have invented cer tain newand useful Improvements in Skirt- Gaes, of which the following is a full, clear, an exact description, reference being had to i the accompan'ying drawings,` forming a part '3. Fig. 3 is a' horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveshowingthe sliding arm carrying the ga e member or arm in an inverted osition on t e scale-rod. i

The object o my invntion is to construct F a simple gage for adjustin ladies' skirts to %epth (or width) 'of the said bowed member V e e sub s antially in the horizonta plan'o'of the proper lengths without 't e use of chalkmarks, one which is readily adjustable, one conforming readily to the contour of a skirt, one whichwill in no wise injure the skirt, and one possessing further and other advantages better apparent from a detailed descripton of the invention, which is as follows: V

Referring to the'drawings, 1 represents a suitable base from which projects centrally a vertical scale-rod oristandard 2, cap ed b an ornamental screw-knob 3, if dbsire Freely sliding along the scale-rod .2 is the socket 4of .a horizontal arm 5, whose outer end terminates in an upwardly -deflectedportion 6. e Formed with or Secured to said tion 6 and flushwith the up er face'thereof 'is a flat outwardlyconvexe or bowed gage member '7 of convenient length, the vertical 'such .that its lower 'ed *e 'is disposed upper face of the socket 4, (slghtlyabove said plai which serves as theindex for the markslor divisions'on the rod 2. i -The soeket soras to (The rod 2 is 'in the neighborhood of fifteen 4 is securedo the scale-rod 'atay adjust'ed position by a'clamping-screw 8. v v

In the ractical operation of the devce the 'wearer o the skirtstands against the base 1, the devie inside the skirt S.

inches.) Thejskirt hangs over-'the curved Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed Inch 5. 1906. Serial Ne. 304373.

.. skirt.

- ber 7 is disposed substantiall in t Thus in i 1 the mark' pormember 7, (previously adjus'ted vertically to aplane which shall mark the len th ofthe Patented July 17, 1906. 3

sk1rt,) whereupon the skirt is folde. inwardly over the gage member, the folded ortion bemg Secured by'pins 9 tothemain ody of the The length of the member 7 measured along the arc of the horizontal circle which describes it, is approximatelly inches, so that the skirt 'can be folde in sec'- tions correspondin in length to such are. The folded portion s then slipped of the-said member, and other portions of, the skirt are consecutively folded'until the entire circumference of the skirt-bottom i'sgone over.

The person uwearin the skirt at the same time turns around t e base 1 to faciltate the passing of freshly-folded portions of the skirt eight V along the' gage member'. To avoid accidental injury or puncturing of fine dress material by the free end. of the member 7 in the event the wearer should swerveor turn in the o site 'direction to that by which the fo portion-is slipped off the said member, the

curvature of the member is depended on, since it coniorms ap ro'ximatel to the path which the skirt wou d take wit the turning of; the person.

The division-marks on the i .scale being referred to in the reading thereof to the' u per face of the socket 4, it is for'that reason t at the lower edge of the e plane of said upper face. 5"`on the'scale indicates t at the lower gage memedge of the member 7, which ga es the skirt,

is in the plane of the fith main dvision-marlc on the scale. v 4

The length of the arm 5 is such ,that by in verting it 'and slipping it back 'on the rod 2 the said arm reac es just beyond the edge of the base 1, allowingthe de to overlap the base and bring the u peredg of the ga e member to the floor, 'f

esired, 'so

ected member 6 that wit my'present device the reversible, character of the slidingmembers 5 67 permits 'a skirt to'be taken u to any verticalgheight. e seeni flfl there-is no occasion to employ any crayon 10? chalk to mark theline which is to determine' the length of the skirt.

1. In a skirt-gage, a verticalscale-rod, an

, Having described my invention, claim* t s,

outwardly-projectng. arm adj'ustable alon v said scale-rod, and an outwardly convexe or bowed gage member carried atthe oute' horizontal arm forth.

end of said projecting arm, substantially as I convexed or bowed gege memberfor the foldset forth. ing of the sk'rt, the lower edge of the ga e 2. In a skirtage, a vertical scale-rod, a member being dispoed' substntaly in t e aving a' socket adjustable planeofthe 'pper face of the socket to which alongthe rod, a terminal deflected portion at the divisions on the seale are referable, subthe outer end of the arm, and an outwardiy stantially as set forth. convexed or bowed gage member carried by In tes timony Whereof I afiix my signature the defiected portion, substantially' as set in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK F. FULTON.

3; In a skirtage, a vertical sc ale-tod a E horizontal arm vng a socket adjustahle Witnesses: along the rod, a terminal deflected. portion at I EMIL STAREK, the outer end of the arm, a flat outwardly T; EVA'Ns. 

